> > As I wandered through the crowd at the Denver Tea Party protest last week, > I was struck by just how paper-thin is the movement’s opposition to > government power. > > The Tea Party movement is clearly a "Conservative" movement in its > membership and core philosophy, and therefore it is not surprising that many > of the very same people who now loudly claim to oppose government spending > and taxation, were the very same people who, for the last eight years, had > been cheerleaders for one of the most profligate administrations in American > history. > > And yet, here they were at the Tea Party, pretending to be principled > opponents of government power. > > Indeed, the existence of the Tea Party events only raises the question of > why such events hadn’t ever been organized at some point during the Bush > years. After all, for the last eight years, the government has spent record > sums of money and all the time, the national debt barreled toward 10 > trillion dollars. > ... > > Given the Conservative movement's performance during the last eight years, > the Conservatives can't possibly be opposed to Obama's taxing and spending > policies on principle. No, Conservatives start from a personal and emotional > disdain for Obama, and then search for policies to oppose. If John McCain > were president, and the government were bailing out its friends at the same > rate that it is now (which it almost certainly would be), would the > Conservatives be protesting with nearly as much vigor? Only the most naïve > among us could claim such a thing with a straight face. > > No, Conservatives oppose Obama because they despise him on a cultural > level. Obama represents the culture of the urban coastal leftists who > promote social policies the Conservatives loathe, and since he’s a Democrat > and not their man, they’ve taken to the streets. On matters of war and > fiscal policy, Bush and Obama differ only to the slightest degree, but > culturally, the two are worlds apart. > ... > > Conservatives have been doing this since the fifties. In order to enhance > the popularity of their cause, they pretend to be the ideology of low-taxes > and decreased spending, espousing the many benefits of austere government. > > Then, as soon as they are in power, they quickly forget all about the > ideals of small government and focus on what really matters to them: > nationalism, war, and doling out the spoils of political victory to their > friends. > --http://www.lewrockwell.com/mcmaken/mcmaken129.html*
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